SM UB-97

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-97.

Type III UB-boats stranded at Falmouth, 1921.
History
German Empire
Name:	UB-97
Ordered:	6/8 February 1917
Builder:	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Cost:	3,654,000 German Papiermark
Yard number:	113
Launched:	13 June 1918
Commissioned:	25 July 1918
Fate:	surrendered 21 November 1918, broken up at Falmouth
General characteristics
Class & type:	German Type UB III submarine
Displacement:	510 t (500 long tons) surfaced 640 t (630 long tons) submerged
Length:	55.52 m (182 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam:	5.76 m (18 ft 11 in)
Draught:	3.73 m (12 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	2 × propeller shaft 2 × MAN-Vulcan four-stroke 6-cylinder diesel engines, 1,085 bhp (809 kW) 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motors, 780 shp (580 kW)
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) submerged
Range:	7,120 nmi (13,190 km; 8,190 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 55 nmi (102 km; 63 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth:	50 m (160 ft)
Complement:	3 officers, 31 men
Armament:	5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 10 torpedoes 1 × 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun
Service record
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. Oskar Brinkmann 26 July – 14 August 1918 Oblt.z.S. Georg Stollenz 15 August – 11 November 1918
Operations:	No patrols
Victories:	None

SM UB-97 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 July 1918 as SM UB-97.

UB-97 was surrendered to the British on 21 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. On her way to Falmouth, Cornwall, UB-97 and three other u-boats stranded and were broken up in Falmouth in 1921.

Construction

Main article: German Type UB III submarine

he was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction, launched at Hamburg on 13 June 1918. UB-97 was commissioned later the same year under the command of Oblt.z.S. Oskar Brinkmann. Like all Type UB III submarines, UB-97 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a 10.5 cm (4.13 in) deck gun. UB-97 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of 7,120 nautical miles (13,190 km; 8,190 mi). UB-97 had a displacement of 510 t (500 long tons) while surfaced and 640 t (630 long tons) when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) when surfaced and 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph) when submerged.